G07B 15/02
Taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time
Official title: taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems (G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24)
G07B15/02 (Taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time) appears on 1,068 US grants and 1,623 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07B- Granted patents
- 1,068
- Published applications
- 1,623
- Assignees
- 618
- Inventors
- 2,594
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 13 |
| 2002 | 13 | 37 |
| 2003 | 13 | 32 |
| 2004 | 16 | 50 |
| 2005 | 17 | 47 |
| 2006 | 26 | 30 |
| 2007 | 14 | 49 |
| 2008 | 18 | 35 |
| 2009 | 14 | 34 |
| 2010 | 14 | 32 |
| 2011 | 13 | 39 |
| 2012 | 17 | 58 |
| 2013 | 27 | 69 |
| 2014 | 38 | 83 |
| 2015 | 44 | 85 |
| 2016 | 36 | 95 |
| 2017 | 47 | 117 |
| 2018 | 57 | 107 |
| 2019 | 83 | 111 |
| 2020 | 81 | 116 |
| 2021 | 74 | 109 |
| 2022 | 78 | 88 |
| 2023 | 62 | 56 |
| 2024 | 53 | 60 |
| 2025 | 41 | 46 |
| 2026 | 29 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Parking meter system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,580 B2Municipal Parking Services, Inc.
- Systems and methods for tracking access to an area using ultra-wideband radio technology25 Aug 2026US 12,718,640 B2VeriFone, Inc.
- Parking meter system21 Jul 2026US 12,688,734 B2Municipal Parking Services, Inc.
- Pay-by-the-hour facility16 Jun 2026US 12,657,625 B2Taisho Sky Building, Inc.
- Edge computing to determine augmented reality content associated with a transportation infrastructure16 Jun 2026US 12,657,980 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Method of providing parking lot guidance service, vehicle terminal therefor, and vehicle having same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301571 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Automated parking management system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290168 A1Inflow Inc.
- Gate Arrangement, In Particular, For A Passenger Transport System27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253468 A1Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH
- Management system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225585 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle control device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217217 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wireless telephony for collecting tolls, conducting financial transactions, and authorizing other activities678US 5,991,749 A1999
- Automated vehicle tracking and service provision system528US 6,240,365 B12001
- Parking regulation enforcement system418US 6,081,206 AVisionary Technology, Limited · 2000
- Automatic ticket dispensing system397US 5,239,480 AAIS Infonetics Inc. · 1993
- Electronic device cover with embedded radio frequency (RF) transponder and methods of using same371US 6,771,981 B1Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2004